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Effective Prototyping with Unity – SUUG June’13

Update: Mixamo is kindly enough to offer all attendees a $100 special promo code to any of their services! Mixamo offers production-quality animations and animation/rigging tools that can be used directly in Unity. (http://www.mixamo.com/) Woot! —- Samantha Kalman, independent game developer and alumni of unity technologies, will take you through a workshop on effectively building awesome prototypes super fast with unity. —- Samantha Kalman is an independent Design Experimentress building unique games a...

By Matthew Burns

This Friday! IGDASeattle presents the Game Creators Summit

Come down to the EMP’s JBL theater for a day of game development education, covering everything from rapid prototyping to art practices and legal pitfalls. Register here: http://games-summit.com         

By Matthew Burns

Energy Hook! SUUG May’13 Meetup

Update: Carl Callewaert, Evangelist from Unity Technologies might also make an appearance with a short demo! I’ll keep everyone updated. :)   —- Already making a huge splash on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight (and Reddit), Energy Hook is one of the hottest new indie games today! Sole developer Jamie Fristrom will talk about building Energy Hook, Kickstarter, and lots and lots of Q&As! Join us for a night of discussion on the indie road and making awesome mechanisms in Unity! Energy Hook o...

By Matthew Burns

West Side Social

Monday, May 13th, 7:00pm 1534 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA  It’s that time again! Come have a drink, share stories and mingle with your fellow Seattle indies! We’ll be convening at 17-BIT this month, and this time there’s no Mariners game so parking should be a lot easier. We’ll have some growlers of local brews to share, but please feel free to pitch in and bring your own food and drinks! There are currently no plans for a formal schedule of presentations like we had in February/March, ...

By Matthew Burns

iFest 2013

Ladies & Gents - please se the attached image and register for a booth or table at iFest, Seattle’s biggest indie festival.  Come Exhibit, Playtest and Sell your work at iFest this June!  Extremely Indie-friendly pricing - registration is open now, contact Madeleine at AIE today to reserve your space!    

By Matthew Burns

Nintendo Visit + Giving Unity a Facelift: Extending the Unity Editor

Update 04-11-13: - To avoid a conflict with an IGDA/Amazon event, we have a new date and a new venue. We’ll be having the event at the home of REACTOR - thanks to WIN for the venue with a short notice! REACTOR is the Games Accelerator for Games by Games here in Seattle. Backed by a strong team of Industry Veterans and Legends who coach, collaborate and connect Start-up studios to launch their games and build the next generation Indie Games Studios here in Seattle. http://www.winreactor.org/reactor/ - GIVEAWAYS!...

By Matthew Burns